Rough season hasn’t hurt Ticats confidence

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats may be coming into McMahon Stadium with a 5-10 record and having lost three of four. Listen to them talk for a few minutes, and it feels like they are Grey Cup contenders.

If not for a few plays here or there, the Cats could be booking their ticket to the post-season, Andy Fantuz contends. All the Ticats need is a win to get them rolling, says quarterback Henry Burris.

And once they get on a roll, their offence will take them the rest of the way.

“When we get into the playoffs, I don’t think anybody wants to play us,” running back Avon Cobourne said after walkthrough at McMahon Stadium Friday afternoon. “We have so much firepower. We are a team nobody wants to play.”

First the Ticats need to beat the Stamps in McMahon. It’s a building the Cats have been shut out in since 2004. On paper, it’s a mismatch. Calgary has the second-best offence and the Ticats have the worst defence in the CFL. The Cats do get sam linebacker Markeith Knowlton back from injury though.

Yeah, yeah, a couple of plays away from this or that. Big deal, you think anybody cares??? At the end of the season all the Ti Cat fans will talk about is wins & losses. Close only counts in horseshoes.